Co-sponsored bills

Increases certain special accidental death benefits

Increases certain special accidental death benefits paid to widows, widowers or the deceased member's children.

Margaret MarkeySigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that polling places, whenever practicable, to be designated directly on a public transportation route

Provides that polling places, whenever practicable, shall be designated directly on a public transportation route.

Amy PaulinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that programs or activities relating to housing which receives federal financial assistance shall comply with Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Provides that programs or activities relating to housing which receive federal financial assistance shall comply with Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Jonathan BingVetoed

Vetoed

Requires owners of buildings receiving state benefits to make available rooms for voting and registration which are accessible to the handicapped

Requires owners of buildings who obtain tax abatement exemptions or other public benefits to make available rooms for voting and registration which are accessible to individuals with handicapping…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires counties to maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters

Requires counties to maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters.

RoAnn DestitoVetoed

Vetoed

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability in services provided by public entities

Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability in services provided by public entities including exclusion from participation or denial of benefits, services,…

Amy PaulinVetoed

Vetoed

Relates to the sale of motor fuels to disabled persons

Relates to the sale of motor fuels to disabled persons; adds that a valid parking permit for handicapped persons issued pursuant to section twelve hundred three-a of the vehicle and traffic law to…

Amy PaulinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Designating October eighteenth as Disabilities History Day

Designating the 18th of October as Disabilities History Day.

Mark J.F. SchroederSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Renames the Seek Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program

Renames the Seek Program as the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program.

Keith L.T. WrightSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to persons with developmental disabilities

Relates to persons with developmental disabilities; renames the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to the New York state office for people with developmental disabilities;…

Felix OrtizSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Directs the department of health to establish a certificate of recognition of stillbirth

Directs the department of health establish a certificate of recognition of stillbirth; provides such form shall be given to the parents of a stillborn child; makes related provisions.

Janele Hyer-SpencerWays And Means Committee

Relates to establishing a state high speed rail planning board

Relates to establishing a state high speed rail planning board and providing for the expiration thereof.

David GanttOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the minimum hours of supervised driving requirement for licensing

Relates to the minimum hours of supervised driving requirement for licensing and amends chapter 403 of the laws of 2009 relating to the graduated license program.

David GanttOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans or trucks where minors less than 14 years of age are passengers in such vehicles; penalties for violation

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans and trucks where a minor less than 14 years of age is a passenger in such vehicles; provides for rebuttable presumption; provides that violations of…

Nettie MayersohnOn the Senate floor

Relates to providing a tax exemption for property owned by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of Rosebank

Relates to providing a tax exemption for property owned by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of Rosebank, Staten Island.

Janele Hyer-SpencerOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the "Ambrose-Searles move over act"

Enacts the "Ambrose-Searles move over act" which requires every operator of a motor vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with an authorized emergency vehicle which is parked, stopped or…

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Enables safe access to public roads for all users

Enables safe access to public roads for all users by requiring that all transportation improvements shall improve safety, access, and mobility for all travelers regardless of age or ability.

David GanttWays And Means Committee

Relates to offering parental controls for internet services

Relates to offering parental controls for internet services; allows the attorney general to bring a civil action against any internet provider that violates certain requirements.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Establishes apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on federal censuses; repealer

Establishes an apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on decennial federal census, which shall be considered by and voted upon…

Michael GianarisWays And Means Committee

Relates to the redemption of tax foreclosed real property by certain military members

Permits municipalities to allow the redemption of tax foreclosed real property by certain military members where such owner was deployed overseas and such foreclosure was the result of financial…

Adriano EspaillatOn the Assembly floor

Provides for the "Life pass it on" trust fund to be known as the "New York state donate life trust fund"; repealer

Provides for the "Life pass it on" trust fund to be known as the "New York state donate life trust fund"; makes provisions relating to anatomical gifts, rights and responsibilities; repeals certain…

Richard BrodskyWays And Means Committee

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of the state highway system constituting state route 34 from its intersection with state route 104 southerly to its intersection with state route 17-c as the "Harriet Tubman…

Gary FinchOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the educational preparation for practice of professional nursing

Requires registered professional nurses to attain a baccalaureate degree in nursing within ten years of their initial licensure; provides exemptions for those currently licensed or enrolled in…

Joseph MorelleCodes Committee

Establishes the "New York state organ donor awareness and education act"

Enacts the "New York state organ donor awareness and education act" and provides mechanisms to fund the "life pass it on trust fund" through the department of motor vehicles.

Richard BrodskyWays And Means Committee

Makes provisions regarding the designation of polling places on college campuses

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such…

Brian KavanaghOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the suspension of driving privileges

Enacts "Elle's Law"; relates to the suspension of driving privileges.

Micah KellnerOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the establishment and implementation of guidelines concerning certain head injuries

Relates to the establishment and implementation of guidelines concerning certain head injuries.

Robert SweeneyRules Committee

Relates to educating children on the harms of electronically sending and posting certain images of themselves

Relates to educating children on the harms of electronically sending and posting certain images of themselves.

Kenneth ZebrowskiWays And Means Committee

Requires that accident and health insurance policies shall provide coverage for screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder

Requires that individual accident and health insurance policies shall provide coverage for screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Establishes in N.Y. city a bus rapid transit and bus mobility demonstration program to enforce certain restrictions

Establishes in a city with a population of one million or more a bus rapid transit and bus mobility demonstration program to enforce certain restrictions on the use of bus lanes by means of bus lane…

Jonathan BingCodes Committee

Extends time limitations for certain actions arising from injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the armed forces

Extends time limitations for certain actions arising from injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the armed forces of the United States…

Adriano EspaillatSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the sale of monuments and memorials

Relates to the sale of monuments and memorials.

Joseph MorelleRules Committee

Alters the statute of limitations for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice

Alters the statute of limitations for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice to two years and six months from the time when a person knows or reasonably should have known of the alleged negligent…

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Relates to the offense of sexual abuse in the first degree

Provides that sexual contact upon a person under the age of 13 by a person 21 years of age or older shall be sexual abuse in the first degree.

RoAnn DestitoOn the Senate floor

Sets forth procedures to be followed in the event a sex offender fails to mail a signed verification within twenty calendar days of mailing by DCJS

Sets forth procedures to be followed in the event a sex offender fails to mail a signed verification within twenty calendar days of mailing by the division of criminal justice services.

Aileen GuntherCodes Committee

Relates to the procedural continuity of legislation during the two-year session

Provides that bills which have reached order of third reading but which shall not have been acted on by the house before the end of the first year of the two-year legislative session shall maintain…

Sandy GalefRules Committee

Provides that members of N.Y. city community boards need only be 16 years of age to be appointed to such board

Provides that members of community boards need only be 16 years of age to be appointed to such board.

Brian KavanaghRules Committee

Requires licensed appearance enhancement professionals to take continuing education classes concerning infection control and transmission

Requires licensed appearance enhancement professionals to successfully complete a prescribed continuing education course or program in the prevention of the transmission of infection and the proper…

Darryl TownsWays And Means Committee

Enacts the health care consumer and provider protection act relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans

Enacts provisions relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans; applies to health benefit plans that provide benefits for medical or surgical expenses…

Ronald CanestrariWays And Means Committee

Relates to companion animal hoarding

Creates the crime of companion animal hoarding.

Kevin CahillAgriculture Committee

Encourages voluntary, informed vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV)

Encourages voluntary, informed vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) for school-aged children and their parents or guardians.

Michael BenjaminHealth Committee

Waives state's sovereign immunity to liability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and certain other federal acts

Waives the state's sovereign immunity to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination Act, and the Family and Medical…

Barbara LiftonCodes Committee

Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual system of relaying messages to its customers

Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual system of relaying messages to its customers; provides that this provision would enable those individuals that are visually impaired to access ATMs without…

Harvey WeisenbergBanks Committee

Requires public officers and bodies to provide interpreters and assistive listening devices for the hearing impaired at public hearings under certain conditions

Requires public officers and public bodies to make reasonable efforts to provide qualified interpreters at no charge for the hearing impaired at public meetings and hearings upon written request to…

Keith L.T. WrightInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in Braille, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in braille, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter; applies to all elections, including school elections; directs…

David KoonElections Committee

Requires access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces to be at least eight feet wide

Requires access aisles of handicapped accessible parking spaces to be at least eight feet wide.

Charles LavineTransportation Committee

Relates to the membership and organization of the most integrated setting coordinating council and appointment of the chairperson

Relates to the membership and organization of the most integrated setting coordinating council and appointment of the chairperson.

RoAnn DestitoInvestigations And Government Operations Committee

Includes persons with disabilities within the definition of head of household for the senior citizens' tax abatement for rent-controlled and regulated property

Includes persons with disabilities (defined) within the definition of head of household for purposes of making them eligible for the senior citizens' tax abatement for rent-controlled and…

Jonathan BingWays And Means Committee